Monthly Archives: June 2014

Ailie Robinson is interviewed on London Live to advise people how to avoid insect bites while on holiday: “Some of the diseases you can catch from insect bites, there aren’t really very good drugs to treat them, so it is … Continue reading →

It’s official: the pub is a great place to talk about the latest scientific developments. School researchers recently starred in quirky evening sets at the Marlborough Arms pub with the international Pint of Science festival, which ran from 19-21 May. The … Continue reading →

Amira El-Houderi, MSc Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases 2011, was invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace on 12 June to honour the work of the British Red Cross. “The day was absolutely fantastic! A royal day to remember! … Continue reading →

The School Library has been selected to contribute to the UK Medical Heritage Library digitisation project, joint funded by the Wellcome Library and JISC. The project aims to create high quality digital scans of 19th century medical books and pamphlets … Continue reading →

BBC News, 26/11/13 Modern life ‘turning people off sex’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25094142 The Guardian, 26/11/13 One in 10 women have been forced into sex against their will, Lancet study says http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/26/rise-women-coerced-into-sex-uk-survey-finds The Telegraph, 26/11/13 Women more liberated as their attitudes to sex … Continue reading →

By Patricia Mechael, Executive Director, mHealth Alliance The earliest insight I gained while studying the use of mobile technology to support global health efforts is that a mobile phone is only as good as the people and services that it … Continue reading →

Clinicians who use rapid diagnostic tests are less likely to overprescribe malaria treatment, according to research published in the British Medical Journal. Researchers from the Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) Consortium based at the School conducted a trial in 22 clinics … Continue reading →

During my in-house study experience at LSHTM -in the last days of March 2014- a film showing programme was organized in the Manson Lecture Theatre. “VISUAL MINUTES” were taken on a big screen. The title of the lecture was “Communicating … Continue reading →

James Logan takes NPR on a guided tour of the School’s insectaries: “These rooms are part of the vaults of the building. At one time during [World War II], for example, they were used as shelters.” The piece is broadcast … Continue reading →

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine graduate Anna Taylor has been awarded an OBE for services to tackling global undernutrition, it was announced in the Queen’s Birthday honours list this week. Anna, who graduated from the School’s MSc Public … Continue reading →